Closure for boxes and cases



NOV- 11, QREGGlA 1,781,243

CLOSURE FOR BOXES AND CASES Filed April 14. 1928 Patented Nov. 11, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT- VITTORIO OREGGIA, OF SAN BEMO, ITALY.

CLOSURE FOR Boxes ANn'ceSEs Application filed April 14, 1928, Serial No. 27b,0;02, an d ,in ltaly n pril lj, 927.

This invention has for its object a safety closure for cases and boxes, that can be used also in connection with trunks, portmanteaus, etc. and is 'very strong and safe, rapidly opened and closed without nailing the lid and has the great advantage that the packing material can be re-utilized indefinitely by simply changing each time the single safety seal. This is obtained essentially by a cross binding connected to a seal, of the type prescribed by railway companies, postoflices etc. Thebinding can be replaced by a band of thin sheet iron, or both appliances, binding and strips can be combined together in various manners. The bindings or strips provided in a larger or smaller number according to the size of the box end to a single seal, and by destroying this latter the box is opened without having to remove nails '20 or undo knots, while it is possible'to reutilize the whole material as a new packing without disassembling and thereafter assembling the parts together again.

The corners of the boxes or cases can be provided with reinforcing members made of curved sheet metal, and held in place by the same bindings with which they can be reutilized. The strings or cables used for binding can be attached to the box walls in a perma- 0 nent manner by staples or temporarily by means of pins, which are removed when opening the box and re-utilized thereafter with the other parts.

The accompanying drawing shows by way of example some constructional forms of this invention.

Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views showing in the open and closed position, respectively, a box of which the closure is made strong and safe by cross bindings with sheet metal reinforcing members.

Figure 3 is a detailed View of the safety closure shown in Figures 1 and 2. I

Figure t shows a box in which the closure is insured by cross bands of sheet metal and by a binding in the direction of the length of the box.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the box 1 and its lid 2, simply superposed to the box,

is closed by a binding comprising two parallel'cross strips and alongitudinal strip, each of which is formed by a double string. The'terminals 17 and 18 of the cross strips end at the longitudinalaxis'ofthe lid-, 'and the opposite terminals 19 and 20, projecting from the side wall of'ithe. box, are longer and serve for completing the longitudinal strip, as hereinafter explained. I The longi t-udinal strip'ends by-it's terminal 16 at'the adjacent cross binding and by its opposite terminal 15 at 'theuppenedge of the"wall side. The closure is effected as follows: the lid 2 is placed on the box 1, the terminals 16 and 17 "a1-e placed on'the lid and :superposed to the eyelets formed by the double strings. 1 M The terminal 19 is passed" through said eyelets. and then bent, at right angles and brought into a longitudinal direction, the terminal 18 is placed on thelid and its eyelet is brought upon theeyelet of the termi: nal 19 ;-"the terminal 20 ispassed through said eyelets, bent at right anglesand con-- nected to the end 15 of the longitudinalstrip by means of a loop provided with a seal as shown-in Fig. 3-.

The closure is stiffened and reinforcedby angle irons 13, made of curved sheet metal, hinged to the four walls of the box in correspondence of each bending of the strings 15, 16, 17,18, 19 and 20. The angle irons can be fixed to the lid instead of to the box. The box is further strengthened by two end bands of sheet metal, of which" the bridge pieces 34 are tiltable. I .In F igure& the double strings of the strips shown in, Fig. 1v are replaced by bands of sheet metal. Thejends of bands-37 and 38 respectively of both 'bindings'are provided A with holeswhich, when the ends are swung down on the lid,.are superposed onv the mid dle ofthis latter; loops 39 and 40 being passed through said holes. The longitudinal band is completed bythese loops, the loop 39 passesthrough the ends of bands 36 and 87-, and the loop 40 through the loop 39 and the ends of bands 38;"a loop withaseal ispassed through the loop 40 and the'end of band 36 and makes the box reliably strong and safe. -The-bridge-pieces 34: can

v be reinforced by means of a I steel cable or sheet metal 33' secured to the box Wall;

moreover one of the bridge pieces can be traversed by the same sealed loopconnectinglthe end 35 to the loop 40.

invention can be embodied by a numband, a loop for'connecting' the'free ends of 1 said band, and aseal for said loop.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing'as my invention, I have si ned my name. 1 I YITTO IO OREGGIA.

ber [of other constructions-by, combining I ;b'a'nds 'a nd strings in Var ous-manners.

What I claim is: 1. A tying band for packing boxes com prising an incomplete band. in the direction; of the length of the box, a plurality ofcross bands, formed by double stringswithinter locked eye-shaped ends adapted ,to complete,

the longitudinal band; a loop for connecting the free ends of said bands, and a seal for saidloop, -x a i Q 2. A tying band for prisingzan incomplete and in the direction of the length of the box, a plurality of crossbands longerthan the periphery of the cross section ofthe box, said bands consisting of double strings. so arranged. that the longer sectiono f'oneof the outer cross bands packing boxes com passes through the eyelets formed at the end i of the other section of said band and at an end of gthef incomplete longitudinal band,

and a seal for said loop. 7

prising'an incomplete-band the direction of the lengthofthe box, aplurahty of ;3-. A{ tying bandfor-packing' boizesicoincross bands, said bands consisting of-double; V strings and-the cross bands being lnterlocked I with one another and with theoincomplete longitudinal band so .asgtogcomplete this latter, meansfor securing saidbands to the box body inaperma'nent manner, a loop for A 7' ,con'neotingthe free ends ofsaidbands interlocked with one another and a seal for said 7 g I loop. A 4. A

tying'band for packing boxes comprising an incomplete longitudinal band, a

pluralityof cross band's; said, bands consist-i I ing of double strings interlocked With-one another so as to complete the longitudinal band, a loop for connecting the free ends of said bands interlocked Withone'another; a

seal for said loop and a reinforcing bridge piece of sheet metal pivoted to each side of v the box, and capable of being swung: down and fastened upon "the lateral lid ends.

A $5. A tying band for packing boxes com prising an incomplete band in the. direction .of the length of the box, the ends of said band; being eyelet-shaped; a plurality of cross'bands with eyelet-shaped ends, means for hooking togetherthe adjacent ends of said bands and completing the longitudinal igo 

